Post your Goals here (piano related!)

[violinist]

What are your short term goals and long term goals?  How are you going to get there?

ie. short term goals:  Learn scales.

Long term goals:  Play at Carnegie hall 10 times

Practice practice practice.

No these aren't my goals.  Not really.  I did hack away at Carnegie before, but not on the piano.  And it was backup for some jazz quartet (initials: D.B.).  Although I did walk on stage when no one was there and hack thru the tchaikovsky vln concerto - all by myself and it was dark!.  Great sound.  Felt good.  Never mind.... this place is about piano.  So.. what are some of your goals??

[violinist]

I'll start with short term goal.  I don't think I really have a long term goal for sure.


Short term goal:  Learn Chopin Nocturne #72/1.  I want to at least be able to read the notes to the last page by.... Sunday night!

[bearzinthehood]

Short term goal: have fun.

Long term goal: have fun.

 

[bon_bear]

Goal b4 Dec. 9.
*study for piano history
Goal b4 Jan 13.
*Prepare for nerve racking piano egg jam.
Elizabear

[will]

Short term goal: have fun.

Long term goal: have fun.

 

good philosophy.

[berrt]

Short term goal: Learn some pieces, preferably of the romantic era - not to performance level.

Long term goal: Develop a deeper understanding of how music "works" (and have fun).

For listenig to good piano music there's always a cd.

bye
berrt

[ted]

Just continue paying attention to all these ideas which constantly flood my brain and develop them as best I can until either they run out of steam or I peg out.

[melvyn]

He!!!HeHe..... Goal sound nice.

Short goal :Become the top scorer in grade 8 piano examination

Longgggg...... goal : Have FUN

[gorbee natcase]

Short term- get rach 2 up to speed
Long term _ take on rach 3

[rohansahai]

Short term goal: Perfect Chopin op. 25 no. 6
Long term goal ... the following conversation:
Concert manager : What is your repertoire?
Myself: Other than the Bartok 3rd, everything in the piano literature !

[lagin]

Goal b4 Dec. 9.
*study for piano history
Goal b4 Jan 13.
*Prepare for nerve racking piano egg jam.
Elizabear

Hey! Not only are we both Christians, but we both live in Canada, both are doing RCM exams, and both have to cram before our history tests on Dec. 9th!  Lol, I private messaged you, so check it out and get back to me, k?

Short term, 3 written exams for piano on Dec. 9 and 10, and a workshop to play in the Saturday. 

Middle term,  workshops to play in throughout the winter and spring.  One more theory test in May, and piano exam in June.

Long term, ARCT performer's, ARCT teacher's, full studio, God willing.

[rc]

I like to redeffine my goals every once in a while. Whenever I become disillusioned For now...

Short-term - Sightreading (Richman book), scales/chords/arps, piece after piece of repertory.

Mid-term - get up to grade 8 standards, enroll at uni for b.mus. At some point get a grip on jazz.

Long-term - Have fun w. acquired skillz, share the music, teach.

Violinist: You must be pretty damn good on the violin! With that kind of background and dedication you'll probably get the hang of piano in no time.

[steve jones]

Short Term - crack AB gr8. I casually learning this rep, and other pieces inbetween to brush up where required.

Long Term - develop my technique to a level where I can play some of my favorite pieces, and not have to struggle just to get my fingers in the right place!

[violinist]

Violinist: You must be pretty *** good on the violin! With that kind of background and dedication you'll probably get the hang of piano in no time.

Thanks RC.  I can hack my way through most stuff on the violin.  I love the violin.  But it's not a crime to love the piano too.  And I'm improving on the piano.  Violin right now seems to be at a standstill.  Improvements is what excites me about piano right now.  Thanks again for the encouragement.  I need the encouragement.  I have trouble finding the right teacher right now.  So I'm teaching myself and using the folks here to help me along.

I see myself improving by leaps and bounds every week.  I started back on piano in August 2005.  Now it's a little over 2 months of playing again after not doing a thing with the piano for about 25 years.

I signed up for a masterclass that they're having at the Steinway store.  I said to myself free lesson for someone famous?  Gee whiz.  Sign me up!  My first masterclass in piano ever!  (I've been in tons for chamber music and violin, but never piano alone!).... maybe I'll get kicked off stage

[chopiabin]

Short term-

Polish up Chopin's op.25#12 for a small pre-recital recital by Nov. 10
Have the first 3 pages of op.25#1 memorized hands together by Oct. 27
Have the the first 3 pages of the Revolutionary, left hand , memorized by Oct.27
Continue working on various sections of the 3rd ballade HT
Learn some of Chopin's preludes
Work on preparing for little recitals on the way to a big spring recital

Long Term-
Spring recital

Really long term -
Play Sciabin's 3rd, 5th, and 9th sonatas in recital
Play Chopin's 1st and 4th ballades and his third sonata
Learn op.10#1, 4,and 8 and op.25#6, 10, and11

[kghayesh]

Short term:
Complete the 1 hour programme i wish to polish by the end of next month possibly i hope. Remaining a new Bach prelude and fugue, Chopin Etudes no.3, 5 Op.10, a couple of Chopin preludes and another Liszt or Schumann piece i haven't decided yet

Long term:   (maybe most of u will tell me in yr dreams but i'll go for it)
Play the Tchaikovsky 1st, Rach 2 and the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini with a well known symphony orchestra...........

[pekko]

Ultrashort term:

Go practice!!! 

Short term:

Make a good longterm plan
Learn Scarlatti K25
Learn the last few bars of Grieg´s Schmetterling
"Analyse" K25
Polish up K67
Drop Chopin op. 41 no. 2 from repertoire in few weeks

Long term:

Re-learn op. 41 no. 2
Improvise with piano and chainsaw
Learn sight reading and theory
Obey your Holy Plan(TM)

[sportsmonster]

i made a list of all the songs im going to play in the future. (like 100 pieces)
 
and my goal is to perform it all in audiences, to i after collapse and turn inzane,
it would then be best to end with rachmaninov pianocon. no 3.
(forgot the part of having fun)

then: put it all on cd, so people still can listen to my music after i turned inzane.
it has to be before age 30, or else no time, because of family and lots of noisy kids.

a nother goal could be, making not known piano pieces famuous through me
but that is for dreamers

goal 4: not playing the same piece over and over again for years

goal 5: is to get to goal nr 6

goal 6: make history.......and turn famouos after im dead....(i hope not)

[tompilk]

Goal 1 (short term): Learn scales for Grade 8 in 3 weeks.

Goal 2 (long term): Learn to play the rest of rach 2 - not just the beggining chords and following page - with my MMO CD. Then with a professional orchestra!!!

[ako]

short term goal- finish learning Beethoven Op.79
mid term goal- decide whether to enter and prepare for 2007 Van Cliburn amateur competition
long term goal- wide exposure to piano repertiore; being able to enjoy practicing pieces that I love throughout my life.

[violinist]

Ako!

Sounds like great goals.

go for the midterm goal.. Nothing to decide.  Do it! and do it for fun!

I wish I could even think of something like that (your mid range goals)

[victor_ching]

short term goal - learn fantasie impromptu by 2007

long term goal - get my FMUSA (the highest cert in music in Australia)

[frombachtobarber]

Very short term goals: Perform Beethoven Sonata op. 22 (1st mvt) and Liszt Rigoletto-Paraphrase without messing up by Saturday.
Short term goals: Do well in competition next week.
Medium term goals: Do well in International Schimmel USASU Competition in January
Long term goals: Affect in a positive way all people who listen to my music

[stringoverstrung]

short term goal:
adapt my first Bernhardian (et al.) planning (100 pieces in 5 years). At the moment i'm listing up my questions. Then i will search (and get lost) in the forum to see if the answers are already there (they probably are!). After that i'll be firing some more questions. 
middle term:
1) find a new teacher (i left mine after 9 years because he is not aware of even the simplest Bernhardisms (et al.)  )
2) Have a look into all the sheet music of scarlatti's sonatas. Read some books on Scarlatti.

long term goal: i just heard a piece that affects my long term goal:
Spirale (improvisation on) from Alexis Weissenberg played by Simon Mulligan.
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005Q31V/002-8589664-6380815?v=glance

[infectedmushroom]

Short term:

Improve my concentration while playing the piano
Learning more things, like a few scales etc. since I don't know any (I don't have lessons)



Long term:

Learn more classical music
Improve my speed and technic
Improve my composition skills



Very long term:

Play Mazeppa, cause it's my favorite piece
Sightread pieces which are difficult pieces for me right at this moment
Give a concert and play all kinda game music, from Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo etc.

[tac-tics]

I want to develop a repetoir of a variety of classical, videogame, and jpop music.

Also, I want to become proficient at sightreading.

[jason2711]

immediate term: play convincingly (i would say win, but you can never be sure of those things) in the competition, masterclass and recital i have coming up.

medium term: get better at sightreading, learn challenging and interesting works

longer term: succefully audition for music colleges, or at least get a renowned and great teacher (this is where it starts to get ropy)

long term (dreams rather than goals): participate in international piano competitions, either suceed or be 'the upstart who had everyone loved but didn't confrom to the judges standards', perform recitals and concertos in increasingly prestigious venues and to larger crowds, have a nice fairly large repertoire, and have a CD to my name.  Ultimate dream- play a concerto at the BBC proms live on national TV.  If not, have a great life doing the one thing i feel i survive by, playing the piano.  But hey, i can dream!!!

[m1469]

Long Term (5 years)

Learn and Perform the Following Repertoire :

Bach :

30 Inventions and Sinfonias
48 Preludes and Fugues
Goldberg Variations (aria and 30 variations)


Chopin :

25 Preludes
half of the Etudes


Rachmaninov :

24 Preludes
Sonata no 2 in Bb minor op 36


Shostakovich :

24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87


Prokofiev :

Sonata no 7 in Bb, Op 83


Miscelleneous other pieces to keep me sane


Middle term (one year):

1.  Give solo recital of all preludes and preludes and Fugues

2.  Perform each piece 9 times for various audiences

3.  Record at least 2 different pieces every month and post in the audition room at PianoStreet (every other Monday)

4.  Organize and begin work on new core repertoire

5.  Conceptualize and plan next recital to follow preludes and preludes and fugues


Short term (now -- 6 months) :

1.  Post entire Haydn sonata in audition room, Monday, November 14th
2.  Play entire Haydn sonata in studio class, Tuesday, November 15th

3.  Organize new practice schedule, finish dates, and recording dates for my current core pieces

4.  Finish (record and post) :

Bach Preludes and Fugues : Book I nos 15, 19 and Book II nos 5, 9, 23
Chopin Preludes op 28 : nos 1-4, 15, 16, 19, 20
Rachmaninov Preludes : Op 23 nos 1, 10 and Op 32 nos 10, 11
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues Op 87 : nos 1, 2, 5, 8, 17

5.  Record and post at least 2 each month

6.  Set recital date at retreat center for preludes and preludes and fugues concert (or find another place)


7.  Make learning order plan for the following repertoire :

Bach :
Inventions and sinfonias
Goldberg Variations
4-5 more Preludes and Fugues

Chopin :
6-8 more preludes
3-4 Etudes

Rachmaninov :
4,5 more preludes
Sonata no 2

Shostakovich :
4,5 more preludes and Fugues

Prokofiev :
Sonata no 7

8.  Choose core pieces and conceptualize next recital



m1469  

[spitz]

Short term:
Finsh learning 'Moonlight' all 3 movements and perfect
Learn 'Hammerklaiver'

Long term:
Enter a piano competition, maybe even win one
Became the best I can be and fulfil all the potential that flows within my bloodstreams
And have fun!

[gouldfischer]

Hi all.

Short term (2 weeks): finish learning Variation 3 from the Goldberg Variations (I already play the Aria and Variations 1 and 2 error-free - and quite convincingly, I'd say! :-) )

Mid term (1-2 years): be able to play the complete Goldberg set and have become, by that time, a better sight reader, so that future endeavors take less time.

Long term (10 years): be a competent sight-reader, so that I can easily play pieces I like without much trouble - and almost instantly. Teach (if such a thing is teachable) my three or four children (who are yet unborn) to love music and to play the piano from an age earlier than the one by which their father started his piano studies (28)...

Cheers!
    Vinicius.

[pianistimo]

it's really hard to have the same goals when your right leg is banged up.  i tried playing the pedal with my left foot, but it looks like i belong to a cleft foot club.  i am also now a part of the injured mom's club.  maybe my first goals will be to get my kids to listen when i whine for various things that i need right away.  'a glass of cold water'...'can you please pick up a few things so i don't trip'...'is the oven on?' 

i accomplished a very big goal today.  i scooted upstairs.  now, how to get back down. 

(if i don't message after this, it will be that i broke my leg again)  how cool would that be? 

imaginary goals - if i had the guts:

call my piano teacher and ask if he would consider making a monthly house call
practice for four hours despite the toes turning blue
schedule physical therapy nurses RIGHT NOW - instead of after thanksgiving
practice on the keyboard drawn on my cast
beg someone for a digital keyboard
look at my music away from the keyboard
get the piano tuned

[paris]

i don't really have long term goals (like that bernhard 5 years-100 pieces list) cos there isn't much good just planning and thinking about it. i'm focused on my current repertoire which means this year's rep.
i have tones of pieces and concertos which i'd like to play in future, but this year list looks like this

december 2005
chamber music competition, i'm playing in trio, me and 2 flutes

february 2006
solo competition:  bach prelude and fugue d minor
                             chopin etude 10/1
                             czerny etude (yeah i KNOW grr..) op.740 i think
                             croatian composer, haven't got scores yet
                             liszt  8th hungarian rhapsody

march & april 2006
2 concerto gigs, mozart anniversary...recently became very fond of mozart's music...not that i didn't like it before too

may 2006
another competition, i have no clue which repertoire i'll play,but certainly not the same as competition in february. i'm waiting for my teacher suggest something. it's compulsory to play one mozart piece, since i already did variations, we decided to go with fantasy d-minor. there was some mentioning chopin op.44 polonaise, cos i've learned it by heart few months ago. ah, teacher's word is last one haha so gotta wait and see. and i desperately want to play some russian music...

summer 2006
master classes in hungary and austria very likely...i'll go probubly with chopin 10/1, la campanella and some new pieces...since i've started campanella but currently not practising it due to...oh well if my teacher reads this it'll be very cheerful on next lesson 

[nonfox]

I don't think i have any short term goal
But my long term goal is to be able to play Beethoven's Sonate nr. 8 op. 13!

[rc]

I don't think i have any short term goal
But my long term goal is to be able to play Beethoven's Sonate nr. 8 op. 13!

heh, you might need to think up a way to get there . A teacher would help set out a plan to get you there, so long as you remember to let your teacher in on your goal. Got a teacher?

[lani_piano_learner]

Short term: Find a good tutor book and start learning fingering/technique for scales, arpeggios and chord progression!

Mid term: Play "Jurassic Park " and "Gymnopedie No. 1" well.

Long term: be able to play intermediate level and generally whatever pieces I particularly like in that vicinity and start piano lessons.

Lani

[Nana_Ama]

In the meantime:Manage my time so that I can fit piano practice into my schedule.  Practice both efficiently and correctly.

In between-time: Play Rachmaninoff's Romance for 6 hands!!! I need to find one other person.. grrr

Not for awhile...:
Play Rachmaninov's Concerto no. 2!!!!
(If I accomplish this it will be pretty amazing considering I have a really short attention span.)

[m1469]

Detailed Short Term Goals : Schedule of recordings and postings to PianoStreet Audition room, "every other" Monday, November 14th 2005 -- May 2006.

November

14th : Haydn

28th :
Chopin : preludes, Op 28 nos 1-4, 20


December

5th : 
Rachmaninov : Prelude in b minor, Op 32 no 10

12th :
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in G Major, book I no 15

January

9th : 
Rachmaninov : Prelude in B Major, Op 32 no 11

23rd :
Shostakovich : Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Op 87 no 1


February

6th :
Shostakovich : Prelude and Fugue in D Major, Op 87 no 5
Rachmaninov : Prelude in Gb Major, Op 23 no 10

20th :
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in A Major, Book I no 19
Shostakovich : Prelude and Fugue in a minor, Op 87 no 2

March

6th : 
Chopin : Preludes, Op 28 nos 15, 16
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in D Major, book II no 5

20th :
Rachmaninov : Prelude in f# minor, Op 23 no 1
Shostakovich : Prelude and Fugue in f# minor, Op 87 no 8

April

3rd  :
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in B Major, book II no 23

17th :
Shostakovich : Prelude and Fugue in Ab Major, Op 87 no 17

May

1st :
Chopin : Prelude, Op 28 no 19

15th :
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in E Major, book II no 9

29th :
Makeups

[simonjackson]

All your goals look so professional.

I started to learn the Piano in March. I have set myself 3 years to be able to pick up a robbie williams or somesuch song book and be able to play to my soon to be wife.


I also wish to do some ABRSM grades to keep me focussed on the skills necessary. I don't want to be a tune merchant who can play a few pieces well but cannot move outside of them.

My goals appear to be a little more downmarket than all of yours...

I take 2 lessons a week and am learning theory on my PC periodically. It is all very hard work but I am an optimist.

I hope I achieve my goals.

Sam.

[klick]

Short Term: Gain Calairity in all my pieces 

Long Term: Take Level 9 Exam before i graduate from high school.

Practice Goals: Do 1.5 hrs a night, and 15 minutes on technique, altenating scales everyday (A+/F#- one day, B+/G#- the next and so on)